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• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 108] The Last Single Beat

  Guo Jia (郭嘉) passed from this world around the third watch of that night. Cao Cao (曹操) watched at his side to the last, as Guo Jia's hand grew cold. From the end of that cooling hand, a final thin breath slipped away. Cao Cao's eyes re…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/11 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 107] Fengxiao

  The next evening, the lamp inside Guo Jia's tent flickered, large and final. Before that flicker, Guo Jia sat leaning against the wall. Sitting. Not lying down. Yet not sitting by his own strength either. Xun You (荀攸) supported his shoul…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/10 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 106] Two Heads from Liaodong

  For five days the wind had blown through the main camp at Yijing (易京). It was a northern wind carrying sand. Whenever it brushed past Guo Jia's (郭嘉) tent, the canvas corner gave out a low moan. Guo Jia had lain bedridden for five days.…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/09 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 105] The Escort from Xinye (Session D1

  A year after the fire of Boyang Slope (博望坡) had scattered the hundred thousand of Xiahou Dun (夏侯惇), Cao Cao (曹操) personally led five hundred thousand great army southward toward Jingzhou (荊州). Liu Biao (劉表) passed away that aut…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/08 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 104] The First Fire at Boyang Slope

  A few days after Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮) entered the gate of Xinye (新野) on his step down from the mountain (出山), Xiahou Dun (夏侯惇), a general under Cao Cao (曹操) at Xudu (許都), moved one hundred thousand soldiers toward Boyang Slope (…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/07 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 103] Kongming

  On the morning after the axis of sanfen (三分) had been drawn upon the map in the hall of Longzhong (隆中), Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮) stepped from the hall and set out toward Xinye (新野). Zhuge Liang spoke a low word to his younger brother Zhu…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/06 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 102] The Longzhong Dialogue

  On the morning after the door of the thatched hall (草堂) had opened upon the third visit, a great map was spread upon the low table of the hall. Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮) took a brush and drew three regions upon the map. To the north lay Cao C…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/05 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 101] A Third Step of the Three Visits

  After the winter in which snow had covered the road to Longzhong (隆中), the warm morning of a spring received Liu Bei's (劉備) third step. Zhang Fei (張飛) swallowed a low sigh. "Elder brother. If he is again not at his seat, I shall drag…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/04 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 100] A Second Step of the Three Visits (Midway Peak of 365)

  In the winter after the plum petals of the first visit had settled upon the ground, deep snow lay before the thatched hall (草廬) of Longzhong (隆中). Liu Bei's (劉備) second step fell upon that snow. The morning was cold and the wind shar…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/03 17:10

  
• Three Kingdoms 365

  [Day 99] A First Step of the Three Visits

  A few days after receiving from Xu Shu (徐庶) the name Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮), Liu Bei (劉備) set his first step before the thatched hall (草廬) of Longzhong (隆中). Longzhong was a small valley among the mountain skirts southwest of Xiangya…

  Yeon Samheum, the Commentator · 2026/09/02 17:10